Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon Substrate
The present study investigated the influence of nanoscale residual stress depth gradients on the nano-mechanical behavior and adhesion energy of aluminium nitride (AlN) and Al/AlN sputtered thin films on a (100) silicon substrate. By using a focused ion beam (FIB) incremental ring-core method, the r...
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| author | Rashid Ali Marco Renzelli M. Imran Khan Marco Sebastiani Edoardo Bemporad |
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| description | The present study investigated the influence of nanoscale residual stress depth gradients on the nano-mechanical behavior and adhesion energy of aluminium nitride (AlN) and Al/AlN sputtered thin films on a (100) silicon substrate. By using a focused ion beam (FIB) incremental ring-core method, the residual stress depth gradient was assessed in the films in comparison with standard curvature residual stress measurements. The adhesion energy was then quantified by using a nanoindentation-based model. Results showed that the addition of an aluminum layer gave rise to additional tensile stress at the coating/substrate interface, which can be explained in terms of the differences of thermal expansion coefficients with the silicon substrate. Therefore, the coatings without the Al layer showed better adhesion because of a more homogeneous compressive residual stress in comparison with the coating having the Al layer, even though both groups of coatings were produced under the same bias voltage. Results are discussed, and some general suggestions are made on the correlation between coating/substrate property combinations and the adhesion energy of multilayer stacks. The results suggested that the Al bond layer and inhomogeneous residual stresses negatively affected the adhesion of AlN to a substrate such as silicon. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b23bf69e46d84ad88e2bba8dea16fe5e2022-12-22T00:42:00ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912018-11-0181189610.3390/nano8110896nano8110896Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon SubstrateRashid Ali0Marco Renzelli1M. Imran Khan2Marco Sebastiani3Edoardo Bemporad4Faculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Swabi 23640, KPK, PakistanLFoundry s.r.l., via Pacinotti, 7 Avezzano, 67051 L’Aquila, ItalyFaculty of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Swabi 23640, KPK, PakistanEngineering Department, Università degli studi Roma Tre, via dellaVasca Navale, 79, 00146 Rome, ItalyEngineering Department, Università degli studi Roma Tre, via dellaVasca Navale, 79, 00146 Rome, ItalyThe present study investigated the influence of nanoscale residual stress depth gradients on the nano-mechanical behavior and adhesion energy of aluminium nitride (AlN) and Al/AlN sputtered thin films on a (100) silicon substrate. By using a focused ion beam (FIB) incremental ring-core method, the residual stress depth gradient was assessed in the films in comparison with standard curvature residual stress measurements. The adhesion energy was then quantified by using a nanoindentation-based model. Results showed that the addition of an aluminum layer gave rise to additional tensile stress at the coating/substrate interface, which can be explained in terms of the differences of thermal expansion coefficients with the silicon substrate. Therefore, the coatings without the Al layer showed better adhesion because of a more homogeneous compressive residual stress in comparison with the coating having the Al layer, even though both groups of coatings were produced under the same bias voltage. Results are discussed, and some general suggestions are made on the correlation between coating/substrate property combinations and the adhesion energy of multilayer stacks. The results suggested that the Al bond layer and inhomogeneous residual stresses negatively affected the adhesion of AlN to a substrate such as silicon.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/11/896physical vapor depositionmagnetron sputteringAlN/Al coatingsilicon substrateresidual stresseswafer curvature methodnanoscale residual stress profilingindentation failure modesnanoindentation adhesion |
| spellingShingle | Rashid Ali Marco Renzelli M. Imran Khan Marco Sebastiani Edoardo Bemporad Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon Substrate Nanomaterials physical vapor deposition magnetron sputtering AlN/Al coating silicon substrate residual stresses wafer curvature method nanoscale residual stress profiling indentation failure modes nanoindentation adhesion |
| title | Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon Substrate |
| title_full | Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon Substrate |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon Substrate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon Substrate |
| title_short | Effects of Residual Stress Distribution on Interfacial Adhesion of Magnetron Sputtered AlN and AlN/Al Nanostructured Coatings on a (100) Silicon Substrate |
| title_sort | effects of residual stress distribution on interfacial adhesion of magnetron sputtered aln and aln al nanostructured coatings on a 100 silicon substrate |
| topic | physical vapor deposition magnetron sputtering AlN/Al coating silicon substrate residual stresses wafer curvature method nanoscale residual stress profiling indentation failure modes nanoindentation adhesion |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/11/896 |
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